Kalscheur looks to be a good player
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Brockington definitely pulled ahead as our best player with some breathing room tonight. He was an animal and imposed his will on a tough luck night where everyone was ice cold
Kalscheur did not bring it tonight and was mostly a non-factor.
Kalscheur did not bring it tonight and was mostly a non-factor.
Please update thread title to Brockington
I think he was still a factor on the defensive end, but I really hope he finds his shot.
Amen. Brockington is AVERAGING a double double for the season. Dude is filthy.
Anderson Varejao. Straight up doppelgänger.
Gabe plays hard and I love him but after 3 games our 2 best players are Brockington and Hunter.
Having Hunter playing like he has so far makes me feel so good about his future here. The fact that I don't think you'll see much pushback on putting him at #2 says a lot for how well he's played.
The steal into dunk sequence late in the game tonight was spectacular. Can't imagine that's the last time we see that from him.
My takeaway for Gabe tonight is that he was pressing a bit. Forced some tough shots up. He was doing really well in the 1st half getting into the paint, but he seemed to almost be miffed at how easily he was getting penetration then would kind of get indecisive about what he wanted to do. My guess is this might be par for the course the type of player he is. Streaky
I thought the whole team pressed especially in close to the hoop.
Like they though 'get mad at the rim' meant to throw the ball as hard as possible at the backboard.
He does suspiciously look like all of these guys. Given the mustache, the wig-like curly mop, and the generic name...
I think the player we know as Robert Jones might have transferred to ISU as part of the Witness Protection Program...
How do we know Denver University basketball even really exists? Have you ever seen one of their games?...
Well, HAVE YOU!?
I still like Kalscheur but last night will hopefully be one of his worst games this season.
36 minutes but very little productivity and awful efficiency...
64.8 ORTG
31% TS%
0/5 from three
didn't draw any free throws
3 assists, 2 turnovers, though 2 steals
2 rebounds, 3 personal founds
-4.9 net rating
8 points
Grill had a pretty bad night, too, at 1/8 from the field and 0/4 from three with little else in the statline.
Thank goodness Hunter and Brockington were awesome or the Cyclones would have lost that game.
36 minutes but very little productivity and awful efficiency...
64.8 ORTG
31% TS%
0/5 from three
didn't draw any free throws
3 assists, 2 turnovers, though 2 steals
2 rebounds, 3 personal founds
-4.9 net rating
8 points
Grill had a pretty bad night, too, at 1/8 from the field and 0/4 from three with little else in the statline.
Thank goodness Hunter and Brockington were awesome or the Cyclones would have lost that game.
I won't suggest that I follow advanced stats much, but those look about like what I saw last night, across the board, even to the order of the three bigs and Grill, Gabe, & Tre having such off nights. Really impressed with Jones' effort; we'll need Conditt to pick it up for much success this year, but not sure that's likely. Was nice to see Kunc look like he belonged on the floor vs. in intramurals... very concerned about our bigs beyond Jones, and he is what he is - hustler, defender, catches & makes his lay-ups/dunks.
In terms of toughness, absolutely. Either Chris or Brent called him a better Jake Anderson, and I think that fits, too.
Brockington in transition is a work of art. He’s the first player in a long time where, even when he takes off at half court, I am 100% confident he’ll make the right decision. So refreshing to watch him take it to the rack and draw contact without running the defender over for an easy charge call. I’m starting to get over my fast break PTSD.
Grill looked tentative and frustrated last night on the offensive end.
This is the nice thing about the advanced stats. They generally do a better job lining up with the intuition of what you saw (e.g., Hunter and Brockington were awesome, Jones was the best big man, Grill was trying to shoot us out of the game, etc.) than mere counting stats. Kalscheur was fourth in scoring but not the fourth-best player.
He's an undersized DeAndre Kane -- creative around the rim and deadly in transition. He's also an excellent rebounder for a guard. Seems to be in the paint quite a lot. He's just not a tall or as strong as Kane was.
